Gya: Baa baa PPP sheep

The Home Affairs Minister should not be made a sacrificial lamb for the ruling party, he is a mere creature of the PPP and had permission to do what he did, Ravi Dev said.

"You cannot cough in the PPP if you don't have permission to cough," the ROAR leader declared while addressing a sizeable crowd at the People's Movement for Justice (PMJ) Rule of Law rally on Saturday last at the Square of the Revolution.

There are shepherds and a shepherdess [in the party], Dev said, drawing a thunderous applause from the crowd, adding that Ronald Gajraj should recuse himself from office.

Dev who was absent from the first rally over a month ago said that if Gajraj did not have the decency to step down there was little people could do.

He rejected the commission set up by President Jagdeo, and said that the government was aware of what the main opposition party wanted before the commission was named. He said that it was a matter of public record that the Western diplomatic community, donor community and others had concerns about the commission.

He charged the public not to label Gajraj guilty, but instead let the proper procedure apply which says that a man is innocent until proven guilty. Dev added that the PPP often spoke of trust, but none could be found in the bosom of the commission.